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[email protected] Within this section I am going to hopefuly describe ADD in easy to understand English.  Therefore, if you would like to know the translation (meaning) of any words I use I hope that they will be here in a dictionary.  Please remember I am only an ADDer myself, not a professional!
DICTONARY
Imbalance - Not level
Chromosomes - Message holders
Hereditary - Within families
   Characteristics - Signs
Insufficient - Poor
ADD(Without Hyperactivity)
How is ADD caused? - There is no reason as to why ADD is caused.  All that is known is that ADD is a chemical imbalance within the brain, where sometimes there are too many chemicals and sometimes not enough.  Some people believe that ADD is hereditary and is caused by insufficient chromosomes.  Diet can affect ADD but is not a cause.
What are the characteristics of ADD? - Inattention ~ short attention span
                                                                    Impulsiveness ~ acting and then thinking
                                                                    Overeactivity ~ as it says
                                                                    Insatiability
                                                                    Social difficulties ~ problems with social skills
                                                                    Poor co - ordination ~ accident prone
                                                                    Disorganisation ~ never know what you should be doing
                                                                    Mood variability ~ happy one minute then sad
WHAT CAN TEACHERS DO TO HELP AD/HDers?
BEFORE I START THIS SECTION I WILL JUST SAY WHAT EVER TEACHERS ARE CURRENTLY DOING IT ISN'T ANYWHERE NEAR ENOUGH! (UK teachers) - or rather 99% of them.

1)  Offer support when the suffer is having difficulties
2)  Listen and not presume what the AD/HDer needs
3)  Allow the AD/HDer to work at their own pace
4)  Find out more info about AD/HD in order to help
5)  Give positive praise even if you wanna yell at the AD/HDer!
6)  Give positive criticism
7)  Understand the AD/HDers reasons, they will be justified (even  if they are the only ones who understand their logic!)
8)  Don't humiliate by making the AD/HDer an example to the rest of the class/group
9)  Be a friend to the AD/HDer not an enemy! (AD/HDers have too many of these!)
10) Treat them as a person not a label.
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Chris Hayes, drew this picture for me.  The girl at the computer desk is me, in the background are my parents.  Chris draws excellent drawings, to see more of his pictures please visit the website, which he shares with his dad Andy : www.hi2u.org
Please sign their guest book and make them happy.
This picture was aparently drawn in just 5 minutes.  Just goes to show AD/HDers make full use of their time!
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